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From CPU tape out to shipping takes a year
Image Taking it easy According to top Globalfoundries engineers, if all goes well from the moment a CPU manufacturer tapes out a new CPU until the moment the product hits the shelves, we are talking about at least one year. CPU manufacture is much more complex and takes more time than making a ...
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GlobalFoundries: It takes one year to get a CPU from tapeout to retail shelves
DV Hardware — ... GlobalFoundries revealed it takes about one year to get a CPU onto retail shelves once the chip reached tape out status. GPUs on the other hand are expected to need about three to six months. ...

Globalfoundries 28nm Bulk Prep, CPU Tape Out To Ship Time, 32nm Testing
AMDZone Frontpage — ... at the Globalfoundries Fab 1 taking in the sights. He has learned that they are making preperations for 28nm bulk process work. The 28nm process should start with risk production in late 2010, it looks like Q4 2010 now, and high end complex graphics chips are the main target for this. We are quite sure that AMD & ATI are interested in 28nm graphics chips and it’s just a matter of time when Nvidia will start considering Globalfoundries as an alternative fab. Also learned is that from CPU tape out to shipping takes about 1 full year. CPU ...

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